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Jessica Simpson came in for a lot of flack when she bounced up on stage to perform songs from her country album Do You Know last year. Gone was the usual toned, trim figure, replaced with curves which would make Beyoncé proud. After a number of tabloids branded her as "fat" the nation was divided into two camps, those who had had enough of stick-thin celebrities and those who though Jessica looked, well, fat. The star has since shed a few pounds but is still noticeably curvier. Good for her, we say.